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Watch: Julianna Barwick Performs A Tiny SXSW Concert
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All Songs Considered

Watch: Julianna Barwick Performs A Tiny SXSW Concert

Julianna Barwick brought her beautiful pipes and loop pedals to The Driskill Hotel for a Tiny SXSW Concert as part of SXSW 2011 in Austin, Texas.

Audio Only: Julianna Barwick's Tiny SXSW Concert

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Saturday

Watch: Typhoon Performs A Tiny SXSW Concert

Typhoon at The Driskill at SXSW 2011. Shantel Mitchell for NPR hide caption

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All Songs Considered

Watch: Typhoon Performs A Tiny SXSW Concert

We stuffed the 11-piece Portland band in a room at The Driskill Hotel to play.

Audio Only: Typhoon's Tiny SXSW Concert

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Thursday

Front Row: The Joy Formidable

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Front Row

Front Row: The Joy Formidable

A Welsh pop trio based in London, The Joy Formidable plays spiky, bouncy rock that benefits immeasurably from the charisma of frontwoman Ritzy Bryan.

Listen Now: The Joy Formidable In Concert

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Colin Stetson, Live In Concert: SXSW 2011

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SXSW Music Festival

Colin Stetson, Live In Concert: SXSW 2011

As a solo artist, saxophonist and prolific sideman Colin Stetson creates vivid, enveloping, challenging, seemingly free-form soundscapes.

Colin Stetson, Live In Concert: SXSW 2011

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Monday

Steve Riley And The Mamou Playboys: Tiny Desk Concert
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Tiny Desk

Steve Riley And The Mamou Playboys: Tiny Desk Concert

Steve Riley and his Mamou Playboys make sweet Cajun music together: music steeped in the French heritage of southwestern Louisiana and driven by accordion and fiddle. Watch the Grammy-nominated Cajun band play an upbeat yet bittersweet set from the NPR Music offices.

Steve Riley And The Mamou Playboys: Tiny Desk Concert

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Monday

Damien Jurado: Tiny Desk Concert
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Tiny Desk

Damien Jurado: Tiny Desk Concert

Jurado has spent the last decade churning out albums of raw, time-worn, authentically graceful music, and he's always possessed a seemingly innate gift for capturing the intricacies of human behavior. Watch him perform his songs in the NPR Music office.

Damien Jurado: Tiny Desk Concert

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Turtle Island Quartet: Tiny Desk Concert
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Tiny Desk

Turtle Island Quartet: Tiny Desk Concert

On a dime they can pivot from classical quartet to jazz combo, complete with a rhythm section. Watch the Grammy-winning members of the Turtle Island Quartet swing and groove at the NPR Music offices.

Turtle Island Quartet: Tiny Desk Concert

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Saturday

Esperanza Spalding: Tiny Desk Concert
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Tiny Desk

Esperanza Spalding: Tiny Desk Concert

The bassist and vocalist conceived of Chamber Music Society as an intimate experience, a close musical exchange between a small group of friends. If it was intimacy she wanted, she got her wish: Performing three songs in the constraints of Bob Boilen's workspace ensures that all of her supporting players were nice and cozy.

Esperanza Spalding: Tiny Desk Concert

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